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μεμπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεμπτός μεμπτή μεμπτόν

Structure: μεμπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be blamed, blameworthy, contemptible
  2. throwing blame upon

Examples

  • καὶ θαυμαστὸν μὲν ἐν τῷ κινδύνῳ παρασχὼν ἑαυτὸν στρατηγόν, ἐκθύμοισ δὲ χρησάμενοσ τοῖσ πολίταισ, οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ τῶν ξένων μεμπτῶσ ἀγωνισαμένων, τῷ τρόπῳ τῆσ ὁπλίσεωσ καὶ τῷ βάρει τῆσ ὁπλιτικῆσ φάλαγγοσ ἐξεθλίβη. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 28 1:1)
  • τὰ μὲν δὴ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνοσ εἴρηται τρόπον τινὰ καὶ ὕμνηται, οὐ μεμπτῶσ ὥσ γέ μοι δοκεῖ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:6)

Synonyms

  1. to be blamed

  2. throwing blame upon

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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